At the Pickles residents, the sound of an alarm clock going off in one of the upstairs bedrooms could be heard all through the house.
"Karera Pickles!" said Kimi as she stormed into the room, scaring her teen daughter awake at her desk where a game was running on the computer screen before her.
"You stayed up late last night playing that dumb game again, didn't you?!" asked Kimi.
"My team's getting ready for Saturday's tournament, mom," said Karera while rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
"Yeah, well you had better be getting ready for school," said Kimi as she showed her daughter her clock which showed that it was sixty thirty in the morning.
"Oh no!" said Karera while rushing to get a shower. A few minutes later she had luckily made it to the bus in time even though her hair was still wet.
"Let me guess, you played Zombie Supreme 3 all night," said a red haired girl that Karera had sat down next to.
"And I overslept so mom yelled at me which caused me to rush to get ready," said Karera.
"Aunt Kimi can be pretty scary when she's mad, so you had better be careful," said the girl.
"Gee, what would I do without a cousin like you, Finster?" asked Karera as she gave her a slight shove on the shoulder.
"How many times do I have to tell you not to use my last name?" asked the girl while glaring at her.
"Sorry, Sara, it's just too much fun to tease you," said Karera as she laughed.
"Keep it up and I'll tell you know who that you like them," said Sara as she gave Karera a smug grin.
"If you do then you know what I'll do to you as payback," said Karera as her expression turned from one of joy to embarrassment mixed with anger.